Mutiny at Dartmoor

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

96

Date Released

28 Jan 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1M2 Sub Reported Lost
2. 2On with the Motley
3. 3India’s Great Chance
4. 4Leap Through Clouds
5. 5Mutiny at Dartmoor

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

Convicts fire prison. Four hundred fought desperate two-hour battle with police and warders before revolt was quelled. 1. Jacobus van Dyn, lately released from Dartmoor by Home Secretary’s order, tells Paramount News why mutiny occurred.

Keywords

Riots; Crime; Newsreels

Locations

Princetown

Library number

805

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Phone

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Address

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London
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Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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